The last few days have been dramatic in Syria. The Assad regime is crumbling under the rapid onslaught of Syrian rebel forces that moved rapidly to take Aleppo, a key strategic city. Whoever controls Aleppo controls half of Syria, probably the northern half at this point since Assad’s army is retreating to the south. It …
Critiques of Hank Giesecke Article
I ran across a great article by Hank Giesecke at the following location: Harbingers Article. The article was good at reviewing the history of our nation and the current pathetic status of our culture and the silence of the church on the great moral and spiritual issues of our day. However, his recommendations to “have …
The Olivet Discourse – Persecution
But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. Matthew 24:8 I just finished a series on what Jesus refers to in the Olivet Discourse as “the beginning of birth pangs”. I summarized them across the synoptic gospels in the last post which is helpful to see the contributions of each to the …
The Gospel Part 8 – Commitment
The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. But to all who have received him—those who …
The Gospel Part 7 – Repentance
The last post was about saving faith. I discussed two different kinds of “faith” people may assume are saving faith but cannot save. Just knowing the facts (head knowledge) is not enough and temporal faith (faith in God for the needs of this life) is not enough. The only kind of faith that leads to …